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Kelley Bouchard is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald who writes about tourism, transportation, agriculture, supermarkets, forest industries, sustainability, minority-owned businesses and other subjects. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, immigration, history, human rights, aging issues, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.

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  • Published
    June 15, 2010

    Portland’s new academic chief starts July 1

    David Galin has been curriculum director of School Administrative Distrct 51 in Cumberland and North Yarmouth for six years.

  • Published
    June 14, 2010

    Stephen Thurston: Child of adversity has goals in Army

    SOUTH PORTLAND – Stephen Thurston has received two letters in his life that most children would rather not get. One was from his mother, who was a drug user and dealer, he said. She left the note in their Portland apartment before she fled the cops and the state when he was 8 years old. […]

  • Published
    June 14, 2010

    Yuri Shepard-Kegl: ‘I was proud … to put my language out there.’

    PORTLAND — It was an extraordinary moment in an already extraordinary life. Yuri Shepard-Kegl stood before the audience in Merrill Auditorium earlier this month and, with the rest of the graduates in Portland High School’s class of 2010, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” in American Sign Language. “I was proud that I was able to put […]

  • Published
    June 14, 2010

    Grads beat odds

    WINDHAM – At age 13, Desirea Limanni experienced something that would overwhelm many adults. Her mother, Amy Limanni, died unexpectedly at their home in Westbrook, leaving Desirea and her three younger siblings in the care of their father, Scott Limanni. As the oldest child, Desirea felt that she had to hold it together for everyone […]

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    June 14, 2010

    Elicia Fortier: First in family to go to college, aspires to be surgeon

    PORTLAND — Elicia Fortier did more during her four years at Deering High School than many people accomplish in a lifetime. This fall, Fortier’s list of achievements will grow when she becomes the first person in her family to go to college. Propelled by her desire to be a doctor, Fortier took every science class […]

  • Published
    June 10, 2010

    Strong opinions voiced about LePage’s surprise win

    The GOP gubernatorial winner isn’t afraid to speak his mind, most say, but his blunt style could be a handicap, say critics.

  • Published
    June 9, 2010

    Activist for gay rights wins vote in District 119

    Jill Barkley made gay marriage a key issue against a Somali immigrant who favored traditional marriage.

  • Published
    June 8, 2010

    Portland picks Rowe, LePage in primaries

    Rowe received 47 percent of the vote among the city’s Democrats, and LePage received 30 percent of the vote among the city’s Republicans.

  • Published
    June 8, 2010

    Lake Region SAT effort paying off

    Still, school officials say, much needs improvement at the high school that was put on a list of Maine’s 10 persistently lowest-performing schools.

  • Published
    June 8, 2010

    Deering teacher’s transfer inspires Facebook protest

    Deering’s Lynn McGinty is among 52 Portland staff members facing transfers in the coming school year.